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A virtually hairless and partially poikilothermic rodent—whimsically known as a sabre-toothed sausage—which is native to the horn of Africa. Naked mole rats are the most interactive of all vertebrates, and have a social structure similar to bees and other eusocial organisms

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Both the hyaluronan discovery and the protein synthesis fidelity discovery caused the prestigious journal Science to name the naked mole rat "Vertebrate of the Year" for 2013.

A pioneering program funded by life extension[R] to protect against cancers and slow aging

LIVERPOOL scientists believe an unlikely member of the animal kingdom - the naked mole rat - could hold the key in the battle against cancer.

Fur-free freak of nature at centre of city cancer battle

2) Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of cells, which can quickly lead to a crowding of cells--something that the biology of naked mole rats prevents.

European Biogerontology conference in Beer-Sheva, Israel

They then showed that when HMW-HA was removed, the cells became susceptible to tumors, confirming that the chemical did play a role in making naked mole rats cancer-proof.

'Gooey' secret of naked moles rats' cancer resistance discovered

Naked mole rats have never been observed to develop cancer, despite living for up to 30 years, and researchers from the (http://www.

Researchers Discover Secret To Naked Moles Rats Resistance To Cancer

In 2009 I published an article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America in which I demonstrated that naked mole rats avoid cancer through contact inhibition.

Funding research to help fill the government void

Washington, November 6 ( ANI ): Biologists at the University of Rochester have discovered the mechanism that helps blind mole rats fight off cancer and it differs from what they discovered three years ago in another long-lived and cancer-resistant mole rat species, the naked mole rat.

How blind mole rats ward off cancer

When life gives naked mole rats lemons, the wrinkled, bucktoothed rodents probably don't care.

How mole rats shrug off burn: research suggests why acid doesn't hurt digging rodents

London, September 5 ( ANI ): Naked mole rats could hold the secret to humans one day living for 200 years, scientists believe.

African naked mole rat may hold the key to humans living to 200

These mole rats and a better-known species called naked mole rats survive in land that goes months without rain.

Naked and not: two species of mole rats run complex societies underground

Buffenstein and Edrey monitored NRG-1 levels in a population of naked mole rats ranging in age from one day to 26 years.

Naked mole rat may hold key to longer and healthier life for humans

As in coalitions of creatures such as ants and naked mole rats, Crespi adds, bacterial colonies often feature a division of labor in which some members rarely or never reproduce but nonetheless provide other critical services to the community.